It has started snowing early for this year.
It is the 3rd day of consecutive snow. We went out last night to the pharmacy, and the surroundings strike me as those out of some christmas movies.
The sky is close to dark, with only a tinge of the evening sun still shining, and occasional beams from the traffic. The road is covered with snow with a few lines of black where the cars drove past. The trees are bare. There is a man standing outside the pharmacy ringing the bell for donations. Everywhere you see people with scarves and beanies.
Though this is a terrible time for drivers, as a passenger, I enjoyed taking in all the sights. It looked just so beautiful to me, especially when tiny flakes are falling all around. Until I came here, I would have thought that what we watched from the films are just movie settings.
While I was sitting in the car, waiting for the green light, I had a thought : This is how Christmas should feel like. While everywhere outside is cold, you see warm smiles on faces, and hear heartful greetings from strangers... This is a feeling I'm going to miss till I'm 80.
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Friday, April 18, 2008
The Quake
Am writing this post to "commemorate" the day I actually felt an earthquake for the first time in my life. It happened early this morning at about 4.30am (according to the news).
It was kinda weird that I happened to open my eyes at about the same time the tremors were felt. My whole dresser was shaking terribly and so was the bed. My initial instinct told me it might be an earthquake. But then the paranoid (or crazy) side of me decided it might be some ghosts or spirits playing tricks on me.. haha.. found myself so ridiculous now that I'm recalling this. And so decided that it might be some poltergeist activities, fearing any big movements, I can only pinch Yoong hoping that he will wake up, but as usual, he didn't. So I hid under the covers for the rest of the night.
The quake is about 5.4 on the Richter scale, at Illinois. It is about 128 miles from where we are. It is fortunate that there aren't much damage. Quite frightening now that I think of it. What if the magnitude had been bigger? And it striking in the middle of the night where every soul is asleep and no one is prepared? Imagine the damages... rather spine-chilling...
Anyways, updates on the weather here : Spring is here. Getting slightly warmer, still cool compared to Singapore weather. Perfect time for picnics and BBQs. :)
Oh one more thing before I forget. We went for a plush dinner last Monday. A dinner I enjoyed very much, partly because the food is good, and also because I get to dress up. Haha... seriously, I haven't dress up for donkey years. Can't believe myself that having a chance to dress better actually got me excited. Kinda pathetic huh.. i guess that's how a typical "Huang Lian Po" react... :(
It was kinda weird that I happened to open my eyes at about the same time the tremors were felt. My whole dresser was shaking terribly and so was the bed. My initial instinct told me it might be an earthquake. But then the paranoid (or crazy) side of me decided it might be some ghosts or spirits playing tricks on me.. haha.. found myself so ridiculous now that I'm recalling this. And so decided that it might be some poltergeist activities, fearing any big movements, I can only pinch Yoong hoping that he will wake up, but as usual, he didn't. So I hid under the covers for the rest of the night.
The quake is about 5.4 on the Richter scale, at Illinois. It is about 128 miles from where we are. It is fortunate that there aren't much damage. Quite frightening now that I think of it. What if the magnitude had been bigger? And it striking in the middle of the night where every soul is asleep and no one is prepared? Imagine the damages... rather spine-chilling...
Anyways, updates on the weather here : Spring is here. Getting slightly warmer, still cool compared to Singapore weather. Perfect time for picnics and BBQs. :)
Oh one more thing before I forget. We went for a plush dinner last Monday. A dinner I enjoyed very much, partly because the food is good, and also because I get to dress up. Haha... seriously, I haven't dress up for donkey years. Can't believe myself that having a chance to dress better actually got me excited. Kinda pathetic huh.. i guess that's how a typical "Huang Lian Po" react... :(
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Lazy-Me
Almost forgot my log in username and password... the last post was about a quarter of a year ago.. :)
Haven't been exactly busy... was preparing for my paper and finally done with it yesterday... quite happy with the results.. so fairly relaxed now..
Just have to mention this. We watched the very famous blockbuster Lust Caution last night. And I have to say, I couldn't bear watching the film without having to take a break by going to the loo, wash up the dishes etc. Not that the film is boring, and not that the scenes aren't steamy... it's the idea of the woman having to sacrifice so much to carry out the plan. So much so that she had to lose her virginity to her schoolmate in order to play her part.. and the schoolmate looked yucks!! Arghh.. so disgusting.. cannot brush that off my mind.. Maybe that's why I didn't sleep well last night.
Woke up at 4.30am and stayed that way till now. But as I laid awake in bed, suddenly came up with this so-called poem. Haha.. how odd right.. but then, the silence of the night made it a good time to think and organize the verses..
Anyway, going to find some chinese software so that I can post the "poem" out... maybe 3000 years later, it'll be published in some chinese literature materials.. haha... daydreaming..
That's all for now.. planning to make some banana cupcakes today.. :)
Haven't been exactly busy... was preparing for my paper and finally done with it yesterday... quite happy with the results.. so fairly relaxed now..
Just have to mention this. We watched the very famous blockbuster Lust Caution last night. And I have to say, I couldn't bear watching the film without having to take a break by going to the loo, wash up the dishes etc. Not that the film is boring, and not that the scenes aren't steamy... it's the idea of the woman having to sacrifice so much to carry out the plan. So much so that she had to lose her virginity to her schoolmate in order to play her part.. and the schoolmate looked yucks!! Arghh.. so disgusting.. cannot brush that off my mind.. Maybe that's why I didn't sleep well last night.
Woke up at 4.30am and stayed that way till now. But as I laid awake in bed, suddenly came up with this so-called poem. Haha.. how odd right.. but then, the silence of the night made it a good time to think and organize the verses..
Anyway, going to find some chinese software so that I can post the "poem" out... maybe 3000 years later, it'll be published in some chinese literature materials.. haha... daydreaming..
That's all for now.. planning to make some banana cupcakes today.. :)
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